Right...

It is about time.

This entry is about time.

And.

It is about time I get back to journaling and logging our homeschooling journey.

And.

It is about time I get back to quite a few things.

Time.  Whoa.  Big subject.  Literally.  A measurement of space is what I've seen it as for many years.  It is how we break up our days, nights, weeks, months, years and on an on into infinity.  It is how we mark meaningful occasions and not so meaningful ones.

Time eludes us, frustrates us, goes by too slowly, goes by too quickly, causes us to rush, and lures us into thinking we have quite a bit of it...some of us believe we don't have nearly enough.  God tells us we have exactly what we are supposed to have when we are walking with him.

Time has quite a few common phrases associated with it:

"Time on your hands..."

"Time flies"

"As time goes by..."

"Time is running out."

"Time heals all wounds."

Time has books written about it and how to use it more wisely, efficiently, to make time work for you instead of against you.

Time also shows up in all of us physically.  I watch my children go from bald headed, bright eyed, needy babies, to tow-headed independant toddlers, to thickly thatched crowns of glory, bright eyed, smart and helpful youngsters.

I see myself advancing into middle age with the effects of poor choices in my youth (like sun bathing with baby oil, or sun bathing with no protection at all), poor eating habits, excessiveness.  I also see how Christ has spared me some of the consequences of those choices and I am so very grateful.

I see time advancing in my husband as well, only I love what I see in him as a result of time.  God is helping me to appreciate and like the changes time is bringing in me also.

Let's not forget what time brings emotionally and spiritually.  These are where I rejoice greatly and without much prompting from the Lord.  My children, my husband and myself have all grown so much more close to Jesus, we see and understand more of His world than ever before.  I look forward to how much more we will see and understand in the passing of more time.  God has used His hand and time to heal me emotionally and bring me more fully into what I was intended for all along.

Educationally I see my children advancing right along with time.  It is as time passes that I am allowed to see how they are growing and how I am right beside them, learning new things and being refreshed in old ones right alongside of my children...what a blessing.

It is about time that I relinquish my burdens about time and simply enjoy what I have in the here and now;  that I treasure my moments with my children for now these moments are many and abundant and very soon they will be few; that I take the time to journal our days so that I can look back on these moments of abundance and see God's Holy Spirit move in our lives; that I keep my attention of the things He has given me and get it off of the things that just do not matter.

So, my dear, beloved Jesus...I give you my time.  It is not longer mine, but yours.  My hours are yours, my days are yours.  Please gently remind me when I try, out of habit, to take those measurements of space back from your wise and loving hands into my inexperienced and clumsy ones.  I choose you and your plans for my family over myself and my agenda.  I give you this because...

...it is about time.